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  • "Ghetto Girl": Michelle Obama and the Martha's Vineyard black elite

    08/24/2009 4:47:23 PM PDT · by SmithL · 65 replies · 4,157+ views
    SFGate: City Brights ^ | 8/24/9 | Belva Davis
    Are you ready? Here's a quick lesson in African American social history. For more than a century, the East Coast black elite, including prominent artists, intellectuals and financially secure professionals, has gathered on the island of Martha's Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts, to relax and spend time with one another. By tradition, other ethnic groups do the same, and while the groups mingle socially, they largely live in segregated communities on the island. The black community has always summered near the town of Oak Bluffs, on the Island's northern coast. virtualtourist.comDock at Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard The idea that...
  • Michelle Obama wears shorts on summer vacation. And some people are outraged. Sigh.

    08/19/2009 9:33:07 AM PDT · by pissant · 214 replies · 8,379+ views
    LA Times ^ | 8/19/09 | staff
    Seems some people are actually outraged, outraged that First Lady Michelle Obama dared to bare so much leg by wearing shorts on a recent trip to the sweltering Grand Canyon. OMG. First she wears a sleeveless dress, now this? But think about this for a minute. What should she have worn to the Grand Canyon? A tweed pantsuit? A ballgown? What do you wear on your summer vacation?